Please send me a PM or email to aocpip@gmail.com with suggestions, to make sure I notice them

Hey guys!

I made a website to do similar drafting as in dota/lol tournaments with bans and picks. Hopefully we could see something similar in the future in tournaments. It's in beta state right now, and I want your input and testing.

Usage should be quite straightforward. Just start a new draft, send a code to someone, who can join and start picking/banning civ. If you want to test it alone, open up settings and check Demo mode. Read the descriptions on the website as well!

The banning system is different from dota or lol. In aoe captains mode the bans ban civs only for the other team, and picking a civ doesn't ban the civ for further picking. It's necessary, since aoe has way less civilizations than heroes in lol/dota, it's just not possible to allow each player 3 bans => 6 bans in total -> 12 remaining civs.

Update 0.3* timeout or selecting random when picking causes server to pick a random civ for you* new show hidden turns* new dedicated domain* simplified settings from user perspective* more flexibility for tournament admins* dedicated tournament pages* complete rewrite of server-side checking * cleaned up server side (better for me in the future)

Update 0.2:* added 2 new themes* players have to set a name first* different civs/team option* host mode = a 3rd person hosts the game and invites both captains* if different civs/team not set, it's possible to ban an already picked civ* various small bug fixes

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actually, to wipe the idea of mirror matches, i think it would be better that each civ can only be picked once, so you have as many civs as players. with a correct drafting and ban quantity and order, this should be able to get variety. I think there shouldn't be anyone against this idea since it's been discussed before and it's really nice (only for 3v3 and 4v4 IMO).

Maybe make the option to not spectate live. So in actual use the captains can just start doing this while the streamers come back to the lobby and then the streamers can watch the picks while waiting for the spec delay.

<The_Other_Chris> why did you drop?<6565> my computer was cold<6565> it need to warm

Oh PiP I love this so much! This is awesome You are amazing!One suggestion: Could you possibly make the timer a little longer on the first round so that both players can prepare a little longer?

Also, like suggested above would it be possible to spectate the picks etc? It would be an awesome feature to show this during a stream! It could be used in place of hidden civs in TEC perhaps if we wanted to see this in action. Since this seems like a progression from hidden civs.